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title: "From open source hits to OpenAI with Max Stoiber (Changelog Interviews #682)"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/from-open-source-hits-to-openai-with-max-stoiber-changelog-interviews-682--mou083dmv
source_url: https://changelog.com/podcast/682
type: article
source: "Changelog"
published: 2026-06-05T23:28:43.058Z
updated: 2026-06-05T23:29:05.079Z
tags: ["open-source", "chatgpt", "graphql", "mcp", "styled-components"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# From open source hits to OpenAI with Max Stoiber (Changelog Interviews #682)

**[Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/changelog)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A Changelog podcast interview with Max Stoiber, who has worked on notable open source projects like react-boilerplate and styled-components, co-founded Spectrum (acquired by GitHub, influencing GitHub Discussions), built Stellate (a GraphQL CDN acquired by Shopify and The Guild), and now works at OpenAI on ChatGPT's plugin directory and app platform. The conversation covers his open source journey, the evolution of community platforms, GraphQL tooling, and the emerging opportunity of ChatGPT apps as a new software surface.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://changelog.com/podcast/682>

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